Elevation-dependent temperature change in the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau grassland during the past decade

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-71

  Tao, Jian ^a,b   Zhang, Yangjian ^a   Zhu, Juntao ^a   Jiang, Yanbin ^a   Zhang, Xianzhou ^a,b   Zhang, Tao ^a   Xi, Yi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 85028174102     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0976-z     Document Type: Article

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